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Plan Ahead
Phyllis A. Harmon, DTM
Editor/Publisher
I’m almost done with this year. My clubs have met their goals, and
congratulations and high fives have all been rendered. It’s time for me
to start planning for next year. Just as the farmer spends the winter
planning for the growing season ahead, I too am planning for next year.
Taking stock, I’m completing the second path towards the DTM I
promised myself in 2017. There’s much work ahead—planting seeds,
tending them so that they thrive, and nurturing them towards a
bountiful harvest. I’m sure I’ll have to pull a few weeds, trim back my
expectations, and do some replanting. But that’s okay, as I’ve added
contingency plans should my world view change.
I plan to continue as a coach and mentor to all who seek my counsel,
and volunteer for various and sundry District events. Club officer duties
for each of my clubs, as well as working with the incoming Trio, offer EDITORIAL
plenty of opportunities for personal growth. I’m looking forward to
the challenges ahead.
I invite you to be strategic in your planning. Take stock of where you
are today and envision what you want to accomplish in the year ahead.
If you start now and build in a contingency plan for those challenges
that always arise, you too will reap the bounty of what you sow today.
Next June, as congratulations echo across the District, let’s
get together over an adult beverage and breathe a sigh of
satisfaction for another well-executed plan.
Volume 5 Issue 7 January 2019 Monthly Columnists 2018-19 Officers
Publisher Donna Stark, DTM District Director Administrative Manager
Phyllis Harmon, DTM John Rodke, DTM John Rodke, DTM Bob Pugh, ATMS, CL
Emilie Taylor, DTM
Associate Publisher Leanna Lindquist, DTM Program Quality Director Public Relations Manager
Brenda Parsons, ACS, ALS Lauralee Norris, IP3 Emilie Taylor, DTM Lauralee Norris, IP3
Harvey Schowe, DTM
Senior Editor Club Growth Director Voices! is published monthly by District 7
Phyllis Harmon, DTM James Wantz, DTM Cate Arnold, DTM Toastmasters. First issue published August
B. Lee Coyne, ATMS 2014. Submit articles or contact us at
Associate Editor Paul Fanning, DTM Finance Manager voices@d7toastmasters.org
Leanna Lindquist, DTM Michelle Alba-Lim, DTM Karen Semprevivo, DTM
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